hmmm...it was big and shiny, no twinkly-twinkle and in the southern sky (maybe southwest-ish)...and the sun was just going down...maybe it was more western than southern...we're still so new to the area, that my directions are all messed up. so yeah, it was probably venus...it was that weird time of day that was neither light nor dark, but the sky was bluish and the trees were in perfect silhouette.
i really should learn my directions out here...and more about astronomy.
yep, venus. it's BRIGHT. if you had a super clear horizon, you might've seen a slightly less-bright mercury closer to the horizon, but i've not been that lucky.
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Date: 2003-12-01 08:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-12-01 08:45 pm (UTC)if you're talking about western sky, right after sunset--that was venus.
if you're talking about bright and red and sort of above the moon--that's mars. (setting now, i should go look ad see how bright it is)
if you're talkign about bright and somewhere in the crotch of Gemini--that's Saturn.
If you're talking about something shimmery and bright and twinkling following Orion--that's Sirius.
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Date: 2003-12-01 08:47 pm (UTC)and Saturn is sort of turning the twins into crotch-conjoined twins.
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Date: 2003-12-01 08:52 pm (UTC)i really should learn my directions out here...and more about astronomy.
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Date: 2003-12-01 08:57 pm (UTC)and here:
http://www.heavens-above.com/
free registration, no spam. you can pick a location near you from the database, or use terraserver (or a GPS) to find your exact coordinates.
and buy a compass. ;) they're cheap and useful.
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Date: 2003-12-02 07:15 am (UTC)